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The Hamilton College Debate Society competed in its annual international tournament in Ottawa on Nov. 10-13, resulting in unprecedented wins for the College.

The Hamilton Debate Society competed at the 27th Annual Fordham Debate Tournament, held at Fordham University in the Bronx on Nov. 27-29. Adam Vorchheimer ’11 and Andrew Menges ’12 competed together, as did Jeremy Brendle ’13 and Kristin Scherb ’13.

Hamilton's debate team successfully competed in a tournament at Wellesley College on April 11-12. Mallory Joel '11 and Sarah Krieger '11 won 4th best novice team and Rouvan Mahmud won 8th best novice speaker. Also in attendance at the Wellesley tournament were Chris Smith '11, Jimmy Kirwan '10, Jonathan Neville '10, Chris Lloyd '09, Murtaza Jafri '08 and Jessica Yau '08. The following weekend Philip Fraccola '08 and Murtaza Jafri competed in nationals at MIT. This year the debate team attended 11 tournaments and brought home 17 awards.